So I am in the camp that the traditional GTD contexts are not terribly useful for me, so i am not planning to set things up using @office, @calls, etc. I rarely need to make a call, my "office" is the same place where I can do my personal computing work, and so on. Give that I freelance, I'm going to be switching between personal tasks and things I get paid to do, depending on the day.

I've struggled mightily with trying to blend GTD with keeping up with things little that I tend to forget about that change over time (the really low priorities) and I keep falling down. I think part of this is not getting the context idea down properly, which throws off projects, which throws off next, and so on.

The thing I was doing on Nirvanna--small number of projects, high number of contexts--probably was the wrong way to do it. But after no word for months, I didn't want to keep paying for high levels of projects. If they had said boo, I probably wouldn't even be trying something else. But I'd rather be in an imperfect place I trust than one that's just keeping up a front.

My thinking on contexts this go is to keep it limited and use more projects for when I am moving a task along. So instead of the project holding multiple contexts, it would be reversed.

I'm thinking of using the following to start. Most of my freelance work is with a certain set of clients, so I'd give each a context, so I can easily see what I am doing with that client at any given time (including next, scheduled, waiting, etc.)

-Client Name 1
-Client Name 2
-Other Clients (for one off assignments)
etc

The number of these contexts would change over time, but I think that would give me a clear picture of what I needed, rather than just @computer, where 90% of my client tasks would be anyway.

For personal stuff (like the website I run as part of a group, cleaning up my reading lists, and so on), I figured I would give the biggest ones a context:

-Reading
-Website Name
-Hobby
etc

This would allow me to quickly sort to the thing I wanted to spend some time on.

And last, the things that tend to be typical for anyone

-Shopping
-Chores

My question is--is this too fragmented? Would it just be better to go @freelance @personal @shopping @chores, then use projects to separate out? I liked Folke's 5 things, and I'm wondering if maybe that's a wiser course.

Thoughts appreciated.